Word: homestretch
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...talking heads who won't shut up about white-haired golden boy Bob Baffert and his giant stallion Point Given. By the time Jorge Chavez, the 4-ft. 10-in. jockey who clawed his way up from the slums of Lima, Peru, to a seat atop Monarchos, hits the homestretch, you are rooting...
...turns left. I make the first, see the final corner a little ways ahead, and run even faster. And then, when I make my move onto the final homestretch and see thousands of people lined up on either side of me and a beautiful blue “Finish” sign off in the distance, I shout with joy and start sprinting...
Content with the homestretch of his term as President of the IOP, McCarthy looks forward to the new innovations that the new semester and new structured government will include...
Heading into the last 50 meters of the race, Baker was running in the lead, trailed closely by Peter Hollatz of Brown. But as the two entered the homestretch of the final lap, Baker veered to his right, from lane one over into lane three...
...election in the most heartbreaking way: He just couldn't inspire voters. There was little else negative to ascribe to him as a candidate: He's intelligent, dutiful and a loving husband and father. He worked extraordinarily hard throughout this election, running himself nearly into the ground during the homestretch. But the fire in his belly just didn't transmit. There was no spirit in his voice, no excitement in his words. This election was all about turnout. And Gore just couldn't turn his voters...